OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Growing In Faith Together (G.I.F.T.) Dear Parishioners, Congratulations to Joseph James Powers, son of Nick and Jennifer Powers, and Grant Martin Seehusen, son of Matthew and Amanda Seehusen, who were baptized this weekend. This last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. I apologize for not reminding you earlier, but hopefully you remembered it too. I am tremendously thankful for the excellent teachers we have at John Ireland School, and am looking forward to working with all of them again next year. We have a great gem in this school I encourage every family with elementary-aged children to consider sending their child here. Our small class size, the emphasis on faith and morals as not just a discipline but as an overall part of the curriculum sets it apart. The dedication of our faculty, too, is exceptional. All are working for so much less than what they could be paid elsewhere. Their sacrifices are easy to overlook, but would be greatly missed if they did not perform them! Thank you, faculty and staff, again and again, and thank you also to the volunteers and benefactors who help us in the mission of forming our young people in faith and knowledge. Happy Mother s Day to all mothers and mother-figures! I hope that your sons and daughters honor you as the queens you really are! Thank you, too, for your silent sacrifices in the love and concern you have shown. In Christ, Fr. Todd J. Petersen ================================================================= WEEKLY SCHEDULE May 11-18, 2014 4 th Sunday of Easter, May 11 8 AM Mass at Nicollet 9 11 AM Plant Sales, Narthex 10 AM Mass (+Robert & +Gen Boys), St. Peter 11 AM Coffee & Rolls, Social Hall Monday 8 AM Mass (+Kathy Schaus), Chapel 9 AM Bible Study, Family Room Tuesday 8 AM Mass (+Fritz & +Jane Powers), Chapel 5:30 PM Catholic Daughters Night Out, GAC Wednesday 8 AM Mass (+Nancy Schaus), Chapel 3 PM School Choir, Band Room 6:30 PM Choir, Band Room Thursday 8 AM Mass (+Leander & +Marcella Lucas), Chapel 1 10 PM Eucharistic Adoration, Chapel 3:30 PM Confessions, Chapel 6:30 PM John Ireland Spring Program, Church Friday 8 AM Mass (+Mary Ann Sauer), Church 1 PM John Ireland Spring Prgrm / Grandparents Day Saturday 5 PM Mass (Parish Family), St. Peter 5 PM Mass, Nicollet 5 th Sunday of Easter, May 18 8 AM Mass, Nicollet 10 AM (+Helen Thomas), St. Peter 11 AM Coffee & Rolls, Social Hall 5:30 PM Mass Graduating Senior Class Recognition, St. Peter Coffee and Rolls Please join us on Sunday mornings in the Social Hall at 11 AM as we enjoy coffee & rolls with family & friends. Volunteers for May 18, 2014: Bob & Joan Werner
Monday: Acts 11:1-18 / John 10:11-18 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26 / John 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 1:15-17,20-26 / John 15:9-17 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25 / John 13:16-20 (282) Friday: Acts 13:26-33 / John 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52 / John 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7 / 1 Peter 2:4-9 / John 14:1-12 DAILY READINGS CHURCH OF ST. PETER THRIFT and CONSIGNMENT STORE (507) 931-9150 401 S. Minnesota Ave., St. Peter REGULAR HOURS: Monday Friday: 9 AM 5 PM Saturday: 9 AM 4 PM Vases ½ off!! Adult Shirts & Sweatshirts ½ off!! Jewelry Boxes Youth Wheel Chair Kitchen / Dining Room Tables Always looking for volunteers. Please call Barb K. for details at 931-9150. St. Peter Public Access TV Channel 7 Church of St. Peter Sunday Mass Mondays 7 pm Tuesdays 9 am Mother Teresa: All for Jesus Host Sean Brown interviews Fr. Leo Massburg, the former translator, confessor, and spiritual advisor to Mother Teresa about his 7- year involvement with her and the Missionaries of Charity during their global outreach in the 1980s. Episode 6: Now You Have Become a Missionary Wednesday, May 14, 9:00 pm Thursday, May 15, 10:00 am Steubenville Collection This weekend, May 9-10, there will be a second collection to help support our young people who will be attending the Steubenville North Youth Conference this summer. The Steubenville North Conference is a dynamic, faith-filled weekend experience that will challenge our young people to stand firm in their faith, rely upon the awesome power of Jesus Christ, and share their faith with the world. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Stewardship Treasure: Fiscal Year July 2012-June 2013 Week Ending: May 04, 2014 Offertory Envelopes $ 6,260.00 Electronic Giving-Offertory $ 1,652.25 Loose Plate $ 506.35 Initial Offertory $ - Total Weekly Offertory Contributions $ 8,418.60 Each week the offertory budget is $10,194.50 $10,194.50 Difference: ($1,775.90) To meet budgeted expenses, we need $10,194.50/week in our Adult Envelopes. Please help as you can. Thank you! Year to Date Contributions $ 381,301.15 Year to Date Budget $ 458,752.50 Year to Date Difference: $ (77,451.35) Children s Giving: $ 23.84 EASTER 2014 Easter donations as of $ 7,648.00 5/04/2014 Easter budget 2014: $12,000.00 Difference: ($4,352.00) Catholic Daughters You are cordially invited to attend Our Special Night Out Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Gustavus Adolphus College 5:30 pm Social Hour 6:00 pm Dinner Cost is $15 per person bring a guest! Please call Lisa Cummiskey (380-0719) or Geri Mondloch (934-9034) to reserve. Send payment to Lisa C., 828 Spruce Pl., St. Peter.
World Day of Prayer for Vocations May 11, 2014 Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter or Good Shepherd Sunday, is a special day for everyone in our parish. We celebrate World Day of Prayer for Vocations. We ask that we may be filled with joy and the Holy Spirit as we carry on the mission of Jesus, our Good Shepherd. Let us pray for one another that we may be strengthened in our Christian vocations as married and single people, priests, deacons, and religious. May our youth listen to God s call and be encouraged to respond generously.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youth Faith Formation CONGRATULATIONS to all the second graders who made their First Eucharist last Sunday! Gavin Bohner Angela Domagala Olivia Hollerich Sam Moelter Rachel Salfer Janelle Ceja Kali Erickson Cole Junso Mackenzie Moline Drew Simonette Michael Condon Nora Fondie Nathan Jurewicz Payton Peterson Mackenzie Steinborn Lilly Croatt Luke Gilbertson Madison Kamm Gavin Powers Eve Zimmerman Zachariah Dickie Jared Gleisner Laura Klatt LifeTeen Mass: May 18 at 5:30 pm. Everyone is welcome! Operation Rice Bowl Thank you to all families for participating in Operation Rice Bowl. A total of $374.16 was collected. Aluminum Can Recycling: Thank you for supporting aluminum recycling and Cans for Christ. Please place your cans into the barrels in front of the trailer. Also, please do not put glass, plastic, or garbage in the barrels. Thank you again for your wonderful cooperation and support of this project to support the youth Faith Formation program! This summer we will be sending 4 teens from our parish to attend Franciscan LEAD prior to the Steubenville North Conference. LEAD is a five-day, Christ-centered, sacrament-soaked, prayer-fueled immersion in Catholic teachings on leadership, evangelization, and discipleship. Participants will be given practical tools for developing their faith and evangelizing their friends. These teens will return to serve our entire parish, but more specifically will be witnesses and leaders to our youth. I am looking for a few generous people, with a heart for our youth, who would be willing to financially support this wonderful group of teens. Each of these teens will need to raise approximately $400 for the entire week. Please contact me if you are interested in supporting this worthy cause! heather76may@yahoo.com or 507-317-1882. God s Peace, Heather Gilbertson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLEANING YOUR GRAVESITES AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. After June 9, the caretaker will remove all flowers not in permanent flower stands & any other items not in approved containers. All of these interfere with the safe operation of the lawnmower. Please adhere to these rules. The groundskeeper will remove any that are not in compliance. Introduction to the Cemetery Rules and Regulations: Often, when we are grieving, we cannot find words to express our losses. We have many ways other than words; for example, we place flowers at our loved ones gravesites. Then we take time to be quiet, reflective and allow a tear or two to flow to relieve our sadness. Our cemetery committee and workers are very aware of this and try to be sensitive to the placement of flowers and mementoes when mowing, cleaning and repairing our cemetery. Sometimes our floral decorations deteriorate or, if they are artificial, they can cause damage to the cemetery equipment. Could you help us keep our beautiful cemetery well maintained and suitable for prayerful and reflective visits, please? You may not be aware of our Cemetery Rules and Regulations regarding times and occasions of clean-up, etc. We include them below so that we can be sensitive to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Calvary Cemetery Rules and Regulations; LANDSCAPING, PLANTING, AND FLORAL REGULATIONS 1. No trees, shrubbery, plants or flowers shall be planted in or transplanted into the Cemetery for decorative, memorial or any other purposes whatsoever, except by the cemetery management. Any of the above so planted will be removed by the cemetery caretaker. 2. Small bronze vases are permitted, but these must be set in cement at the same time as the marker. The cement collar will also extend three (3) inches around the base of the vase and will be part of the marker foundation. One vase will be allowed for individual markers and two for double markers. Vases may be used around monuments also. 3. Vases, urns, flower pots, plants, boxes, glass jars, cans, etc. will not be permitted on lots or graves, except that these or other appropriate decorations may be placed on lots or graves, (but not set into the ground), for Memorial Day or for such special occasions as may be designated by the cemetery management. However, all such containers and all other decorations must be removed within ten (10) days following Memorial Day or other designated occasions, after which the cemetery caretaker will dispose of all those remaining except all so-called permanent type urns or plant holders which must be incorporated within the wash of the monument or marker. 4. A three (3) day limit after each burial when all bouquets, decorations, etc. shall be removed from the grave. 5. Local cemetery management will not be liable for floral pieces, baskets, misplaced or broken flower vases or flag standards or other forms of memorials or decorations. 6. The cemetery management/caretaker will remove all floral designs, flowers (natural or artificial), or decorations of any kind from the cemetery grounds as soon as, in their judgment, these plantings and arrangements have become unsightly, dangerous, detrimental, or do not conform to the regulations. 7. No objects under 3/8 in diameter are to be placed in the ground.
Church of St. Paul May 11, 2014 Pastor - Fr. Todd Petersen Parish Office 507-232-3857 Priest in Residence - Fr. Ed Ardolf Rectory / Parish Hall 507-232-3897 Parish Administrative Assistant - Office Hours: Tuesday - Thursday Deacon Steven Spilman 9:00 am to 12:00 pm CHURCH OF ST. PAUL SUNDAY COLLECTION 5/4/14 Adult - $1,407.00 / Plate - $106.00 Fathers Day ( June 15, 2014 ) Festival Volunteer Status 9 and counting) 6/12 - Thursday 2 volunteers 6/14 - Saturday 1 volunteer 6/15 - Sunday Dining Room (9:45 12:00) 4 volunteers 6/15 - Sunday Dining Room (11:45 2:00) 2 volunteers 6/15 - Sunday Kitchen (8:00 10:00) 0 volunteers 6/15 - Sunday Kitchen (9:45 12:00) 0 volunteers 6/15 - Sunday Kitchen (11:45 2:00) 0 volunteers Thanks to those who got us started. We have a long way to go. Please sign up today for a shift. Happy Mothers Day May God bless all mothers in a very special way this Sunday. You deserve all the cards, flowers, gifts and attention that come your way. Congratulations to Ben Zins who was confirmed at St. Mary s in New Ulm on May 10 as part of the Cathedral Confirmation Class. This past Wednesday, we had our end of the year potluck for the religious education program. Attendance awards were given out. An excellent meal was shared by all. The school year seems to fly by. I d like to acknowledge the catechists who give so much of themselves throughout the year. We couldn t have our program without them. They are Sarah Johnson, Melody Weber, Mary Fischer, Anne Steffen, Terry Rudenick, Kelly Mans, Ann Schwartz, Mary Kilibarda, Heidi Hinckley. I also appreciate the contributions of our substitutes, Buffy and Jerod Spilman. These people deserve our thanks. The Lesson of the Seeds: Last year we had some fun watching the muskmelons and giant sunflowers grow alongside the church by the parking lot sidewalk. The melons were delicious. We ate them over the summer and served them as part of Leanna Brown s retirement party. At the end of the year, I saved the seeds for you. As you might recall, the melons grew from compost that was put in the holes when we planted the sunflowers. We expected sunflowers and God surprised us with the melons. There is a parallel between the melon seeds and the Word of God in the Gospel. Seeds represent dormant life. The Gospel is the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ. The Gospel is freely given to all people and they are asked to spread the Good News to others. These seeds are given freely to you and you are encouraged to find fertile ground and plant them. Later in the summer, you ll have opportunities to bring a portion of the fruit to the parish to share with others. For starters, take some seeds and plant them to see what God gives you. At the same time, gather courage to talk with others about the Good News of Jesus Christ. As you watch the seeds grow, also watch your faith grow. Watch for future Lessons of the Seeds in the bulletin as we go into summer. Thanks to Paul and Donna Zins for helping to clean up the church grounds last Saturday. We got a good start on preparing for planting. There was still more to do going into this weekend. We want to plant the last two weekends of May. If you can help prepare for planting or help plant, please contact me. D.S.
Happy Mother s Day!! Whether your mother is living among us or among the angels, tell her you love her today! MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: 7:00 pm Administrative Council Meeting 4:30 p.m. Choir Practice Catechist Dinner MASS SCHEDULE / INTENTIONS Monday, 5/12 NO Mass Friday, 5/16 8:00 am - Greg Hoffmann Tuesday, 5/13 8:00 am - Special Intention Saturday, 5/17 5:00 pm - Hub Zins Wednesday, 5/14 8:00 am - Margaret Pries Sunday, 5/18 8:00 am For the Parish Thursday, 5/15 8:00 am Alice Portner MINISTRY OF LITURGY Saturday, May 17 Sunday, May 18 USHERS: Ruth Brandel, Mike Holmin, Mike Mans USHERS: Dave Holcomb, Bernie and Justin Laven LECTOR/COMMENTATOR: Chuck Gappa LECTOR/COMMENTATOR: Ann Schwartz EME: Sharon Steffen EME: Dale Mack, Ann Schwartz, Colette, Marlys W. SACRISTAN: Phyllis Wenner SACRISTAN: Phyllis Wenner SERVERS: Jackie and Jill Thompson SERVERS: Jenni and Stephen Schwartz GIFTS: Brenda Thompson GIFTS: Paul and Marion Pope GREETERS: Sharon Steffen GREETERS: Dave and Tricia Holcomb The sick and/or homebound: God is taking care of you. Fr. Ed Ardolf, Sister Miriam Ardolf, Pam Bernal, LeAnna Brown, Harvey Dorn, Charlie Epper, Lisa Hackett Family, Sarah Iverson, Helyna Mack, Gerald and Mary Ann Mans, Whitey Mayer, Herman Mettler, Rich Meurer, Shirley Michels, Wally Molitor, Donna Pittman, Stacy Schultz, Tyler Thompson, Angie and Valerie Weber, Gene Wenner, Rob. We pray for all who are ill or hospitalized. Nursing Home Residents: Rose Marie Zins, Oak Hills Living Center, New Ulm; Rich Meurer, Pheasant s Ridge, St. Peter. Group Homes: Nadine Brown, James Weber, Mary Jo Weber. Assisted Living: Eddie Bauer, The Wilds of Sand Prairie, St. Peter. Lucy Kozitza, Monarch Meadows, North Mankato. Gerald and Mary Ann Mans, Benedictine Assisted Living. PARISH NOTES: 1. COMING UP: Sunday, June 15-10:00 am Mass to kick-off St. Paul s 2014 Parish Festival. June 15 is also Father s Day so treat your dad to some good food and fun at the Festival! 2. Open House Bridal Shower luncheon for Leslie Engdahl, fiancée of Ryan Grommersch on Sunday, May 11, 1:00 to 3:00 pm. 3. Greater Minnesota March Food Share Campaign: Thank you very much for your donation of $174.00 and 80 pounds of food. We are grateful for your help. St. Peter Area Foodshelf